<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
(	O
MSVC	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
the	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
/CX	I-Language
programming	O
languages	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSVC	B-Application
is	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
;	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
standalone	O
product	O
but	O
later	O
became	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
trialware	O
and	O
freeware	B-License
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
tools	O
for	O
developing	O
and	O
debugging	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
especially	O
code	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
,	O
DirectX	B-Application
and	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
applications	B-Application
require	O
redistributable	B-License
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
runtime	O
library	O
packages	O
to	O
function	O
correctly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
packages	O
are	O
frequently	O
installed	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
applications	B-Application
they	O
support	O
,	O
enabling	O
multiple	O
applications	B-Application
to	O
use	O
the	O
package	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
single	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
redistributable	B-License
and	O
runtime	O
packages	O
are	O
mostly	O
installed	O
for	O
standard	O
libraries	B-Library
that	O
many	O
applications	B-Application
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
predecessor	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
was	O
called	O
Microsoft	O
C/C	O
++	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
QuickC	B-Application
2.5	O
and	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
QuickC	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
compiler	B-Language
is	O
still	O
known	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
C/C	O
++	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
2	O
,	O
is	O
on	O
version	O
14.0.23918.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
C	B-Language
1.0	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
,	O
was	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
first	O
C	B-Language
product	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
not	O
K&R	O
C	B-Language
compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
2.0	O
added	O
large	O
model	O
support	O
,	O
allowing	O
up	O
to	O
1MiB	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Code	O
Segment	O
and	O
Data	O
Segment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
3.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
developed	O
inside	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
being	O
used	O
inside	O
Microsoft	O
(	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Xenix	B-Application
development	O
)	O
in	O
early	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
4.0	O
added	O
optimizations	O
and	O
CodeView	B-Application
,	O
a	O
source-level	O
debugger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
5.0	O
added	O
loop	O
optimizations	O
and	O
‘	O
huge	O
memory	O
model’	O
(	O
arrays	B-Data_Structure
bigger	O
than	O
64KB	O
)	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Fortran	B-Application
and	O
the	O
first	O
32-bit	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
80386	B-General_Concept
were	O
also	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
5.1	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
allowed	O
compiling	B-Language
programs	O
for	O
OS/2	O
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
6.0	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
added	O
the	O
Programmer	O
's	O
Workbench	O
IDE	O
,	O
global	O
flow	O
analysis	O
,	O
a	O
source	O
browser	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
debugger	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
an	O
optional	O
C++	B-Language
front	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++	O
7.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
MFC	B-Language
(	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Class	I-Language
Library	I-Language
)	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.0	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
‘	O
Visual’	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Cfront	B-Device
2.1	O
compliant	O
and	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
:	O
replaced	O
QuickC	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professional	O
:	O
replaced	O
C/C	O
++	O
7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
build	O
both	O
DOS	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
an	O
optimizing	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
,	O
a	O
source	O
profiler	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	O
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Phar	O
Lap	O
286	B-General_Concept
DOS	O
Extender	O
Lite	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1993	O
,	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
2.5	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
OLE	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
and	O
ODBC	B-Application
support	O
to	O
MFC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
that	O
came	O
only	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.51	O
and	O
1.52	O
were	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
subscription	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.52b	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
1.52	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
Control	O
Development	O
Kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.52c	O
was	O
a	O
patched	O
version	O
of	O
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
,	O
and	O
arguably	O
most	O
popular	O
,	O
development	O
platform	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.0	O
(	O
original	O
name	O
:	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
32-bit	O
Edition	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
for	O
32-bit	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
386	I-General_Concept
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
released	O
when	O
16-bit	B-General_Concept
version	O
1.5	O
was	O
available	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
OLE2	O
and	O
ODBC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
bundle	O
called	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
16/32	O
-bit	O
Suite	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2.0	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
3.0	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
32-bit	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
ways	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
since	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
then	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Chicago	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
yet	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
had	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
included	O
and	O
updated	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.5	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
2.x	O
releases	O
up	O
to	O
2.1	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.52	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
16-bit	B-General_Concept
and	O
32-bit	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Control	O
Development	O
Kit	O
(	O
CDK	O
)	O
were	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2.x	O
also	O
supported	O
Win32s	B-Library
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2.0	O
RISC	O
Edition	O
for	O
MIPS	B-Device
and	O
Alpha	B-Device
processors	I-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
edition	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
(	O
68000	B-Device
instruction	O
set	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2.1	O
and	O
2.2	O
were	O
updates	O
for	O
2.0	O
available	O
through	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
4.0	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
1995-12-11	O
,	O
introduced	O
the	O
Developer	O
Studio	O
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
then-novel	O
tiled	O
layout	O
of	O
non-overlapping	O
panels	O
—	O
navigation	O
panel	O
,	O
combination	O
editor/source	O
level	O
debugger	O
panel	O
,	O
and	O
console	O
output	O
panel	O
—	O
continues	O
through	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
product	O
line	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
2013	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
4.0	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
4.0	O
,	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
allow	O
support	O
of	O
legacy	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
3.x/DOS	O
)	O
projects	O
,	O
4.0	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
1.52	O
installation	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Updates	O
available	O
through	O
subscription	O
included	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
4.1	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
SDK	O
(	O
later	O
released	O
separately	O
as	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
SDK	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
4.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
number	O
3.0	O
was	O
skipped	O
to	O
achieve	O
version	O
number	O
parity	O
between	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
4.0	O
and	O
MFC	B-Language
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
4.2	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
3.x	O
(	O
Win32s	B-Library
)	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
with	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
edition	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
available	O
and	O
it	O
differed	O
from	O
the	O
2.x	O
version	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
also	O
allowed	O
compilation	B-Language
for	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
instruction	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
5.0	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
4.21	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
1997-04-28	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
from	O
4.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
6.0	O
(	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
VC6	B-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
6.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
was	O
somewhat	O
controversial	O
since	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
an	O
expected	O
update	O
to	O
MFC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
6.0	O
is	O
still	O
quite	O
popular	O
and	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
maintain	O
legacy	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
issues	O
with	O
this	O
version	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
,	O
especially	O
under	O
the	O
debugging	O
mode	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
values	O
of	O
static	O
variables	O
do	O
not	O
display	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debugging	O
issues	O
can	O
be	O
solved	O
with	O
a	O
patch	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
6.0	O
Processor	O
Pack	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2002	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
7.0	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
7.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
link	O
time	O
code	O
generation	O
and	O
debugging	O
runtime	O
checks	O
,	O
.NET	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	O
C#	O
and	O
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
used	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
hot	O
keys	O
and	O
conventions	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
which	O
accounted	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
unpopularity	O
among	O
C++	B-Language
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
7.1	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
7.1	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
along	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
1.1	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
patch	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accordingly	O
,	O
the	O
English	O
language	O
upgrade	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
shipped	O
for	O
minimal	O
cost	O
to	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
English-language	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
2002	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
NT	O
4.0	O
as	O
a	O
target	O
(	O
executables	O
created	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2005	O
have	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
function	O
IsDebuggerPresent	O
in	O
kernel32.dll	O
which	O
only	O
exists	O
in	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
and	O
later	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eMbedded	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
in	O
various	O
versions	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
for	O
some	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
it	O
replaced	O
a	O
development	O
environment	O
consisting	O
of	O
tools	O
added	O
onto	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
6.0	O
.	O
eMbedded	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
was	O
replaced	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
development	O
environment	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2005	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
8.0	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
MFC	B-Language
8.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
.NET	B-Application
2.0	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
targeted	O
to	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
(	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
)	O
with	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
replacing	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
(	O
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
for	O
CLI	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
via	O
compiler	B-Language
options	O
,	O
though	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
OpenMP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
also	O
introduced	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
8.0	O
has	O
problems	O
compiling	B-Language
MFC	B-Language
AppWizard	O
projects	O
that	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
,	O
so	O
maintenance	O
of	O
legacy	O
projects	O
can	O
be	O
continued	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
IDE	O
if	O
rewriting	O
is	O
not	O
feasible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2005	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
able	O
to	O
target	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SP1	O
version	O
(	O
14.00.50727.762	O
)	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
SDK	I-Application
Update	I-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2008	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
9.0	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
.NET	B-Application
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
for	O
CLI	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
via	O
compiler	B-Language
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
all	O
applications	B-Application
compiled	B-Language
against	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2008	O
Runtimes	O
(	O
static	O
and	O
dynamic	O
linking	O
)	O
will	O
only	O
work	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
SP2	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
pack	O
released	O
for	O
VC9	B-Application
,	O
later	O
included	O
in	O
SP1	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
TR1	I-Language
library	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SP1	O
version	O
(	O
15.00.30729.01	O
)	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
SDK	I-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
supported	O
Itanium	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2010	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
10.0	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
SQL	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
Compact	I-Operating_System
database	O
to	O
store	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
including	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
information	O
,	O
for	O
better	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
and	O
code-completion	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2010	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
Intellisense	B-Application
for	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
adds	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
parallel	O
computing	O
library	O
called	O
the	O
Parallel	B-Library
Patterns	I-Library
Library	I-Library
,	O
partial	O
support	O
for	O
C++11	B-Language
,	O
significantly	O
improved	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
Edison	B-Language
Design	I-Language
Group	I-Language
front	O
end	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
improvements	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
generated	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
.NET	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
but	O
supports	O
compiling	B-Language
to	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
partial	O
C++11	B-Language
support	O
mainly	O
consists	O
of	O
six	O
compiler	B-Language
features	O
:	O
lambdas	O
,	O
rvalue	O
references	O
,	O
auto	O
,	O
decltype	O
,	O
static_assert	O
,	O
and	O
nullptr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++11	B-Language
also	O
supports	O
library	O
features	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
moving	O
the	O
TR1	B-Language
components	O
from	O
std::tr1	O
namespace	O
directly	O
to	O
std	O
namespace	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variadic	B-Language
templates	I-Language
were	O
also	O
considered	O
,	O
but	O
delayed	O
until	O
some	O
future	O
version	O
due	O
to	O
having	O
a	O
lower	O
priority	O
,	O
which	O
stemmed	O
from	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
costly-to-implement	O
features	O
(	O
lambda	O
,	O
rvalue	O
references	O
)	O
,	O
variadic	B-Language
templates	I-Language
would	O
benefit	O
only	O
a	O
minority	O
of	O
library	O
writers	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
compiler	B-Language
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
all	O
applications	B-Application
compiled	B-Language
against	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2010	O
Runtimes	O
only	O
work	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
SP2	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTM	O
version	O
(	O
16.00.30319	O
)	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
7	I-Application
and	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
WinSDK	O
v7.1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SP1	O
version	O
(	O
16.00.40219	O
)	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
or	O
through	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
2010	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
Compiler	B-Language
Update	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2012	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
11.0	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
improved	O
C++11	B-Language
support	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Runtime	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2013	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
12.0	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
further	O
C++11	B-Language
and	O
C99	B-Language
support	O
,	O
and	O
introduces	O
a	O
REST	B-Protocol
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2015	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
14.0	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
improved	O
C++	O
11/14/17	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
any	O
announcement	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
2	O
started	O
generating	O
telemetry	O
calls	O
in	O
compiled	B-Language
binaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
some	O
users	O
contacted	O
Microsoft	O
about	O
this	O
problem	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
said	O
they	O
would	O
remove	O
these	O
telemetry	O
calls	O
when	O
compiling	B-Language
with	O
the	O
future	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
function	O
in	O
question	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
CRT	O
static	O
libraries	B-Library
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2017	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
14.1	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2019	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
14.20	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
2	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2022	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
14.30	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
different	O
version	O
numbers	O
to	O
consider	O
when	O
working	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
C	I-Application
or	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
oldest	O
and	O
most	O
original	O
of	O
these	O
is	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
version	O
number	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
monotonically	O
increased	O
since	O
the	O
early	O
Microsoft	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
version	O
returned	O
by	O
running	O
the	O
command	O
cl.exe	B-Application
on	O
its	O
own	O
without	O
any	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
taking	O
two	O
digits	O
after	O
the	O
decimal	O
and	O
dropping	O
the	O
decimal	O
point	O
,	O
this	O
also	O
becomes	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
pre-processor	O
macro	O
:	O
_MSC_VER	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CMake	O
variable	O
:	O
MSVC_VERSION	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
longer	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
macro	O
is	O
_MSC_FULL_VER	O
to	O
make	O
more	O
finely-grained	O
distinctions	O
between	O
builds	O
of	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
_MSC_VER	O
is	O
'	O
1933	O
 '	O
to	O
represent	O
version	O
19.33	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
C/C	O
++	O
compiler	B-Language
,	O
and	O
of	O
_MSC_FULL_VER	O
is	O
'	O
193331630	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	O
product	O
version	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
'	O
17.3.4	O
'	O
,	O
designates	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
with	O
which	O
version	O
19.33	O
of	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
was	O
packaged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
there	O
is	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
C/C	O
++	O
Runtime	O
Library	O
version	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
Visual	O
C/C	O
++	O
runtime	O
library	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
compilers	B-Language
,	O
linkers	O
,	O
assemblers	O
,	O
other	O
build	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
matching	O
libraries	B-Library
and	O
header	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
compiler	B-Language
ABI	B-Operating_System
have	O
historically	O
changed	O
between	O
major	O
compiler	B-Language
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
especially	O
the	O
case	O
for	O
STL	O
containers	O
,	O
where	O
container	O
sizes	O
have	O
varied	O
a	O
lot	O
between	O
compiler	B-Language
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
therefore	O
recommends	O
against	O
using	O
C++	B-Language
interfaces	O
at	O
module	O
boundaries	O
when	O
one	O
wants	O
to	O
enable	O
client	O
code	O
compiled	B-Language
using	O
a	O
different	O
compiler	B-Language
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Microsoft	O
recommends	O
using	O
C	B-Language
or	O
COM	B-Application
interfaces	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
stable	O
ABI	B-Operating_System
between	O
compiler	B-Language
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
14.x	O
MSVC	B-Application
releases	O
have	O
a	O
stable	O
ABI	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
binaries	O
built	O
with	O
these	O
versions	O
can	O
be	O
mixed	O
in	O
a	O
forwards-compatible	O
manner	O
,	O
noting	O
the	O
following	O
restrictions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MSVC	B-Application
Redistributable	B-License
version	O
must	O
be	O
equal	O
to	O
or	O
higher	O
than	O
the	O
toolset	O
version	O
used	O
by	O
any	O
application	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Static	O
libraries	B-Library
or	O
object	O
files	O
compiled	B-Language
with	O
/GL	O
(	O
Whole	O
program	O
optimisation	O
)	O
are	O
not	O
binary	O
compatible	O
between	O
versions	O
and	O
must	O
use	O
the	O
exact	O
same	O
toolset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
ships	O
with	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
C	B-Language
runtime	I-Language
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
users	O
can	O
compile	B-Language
their	O
code	O
with	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
example	O
is	O
a	O
program	O
using	O
different	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
should	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
C	B-Language
Run-Time	I-Language
for	O
all	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
components	O
unless	O
the	O
implications	O
are	O
understood	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
recommends	O
using	O
the	O
multithreaded	B-Operating_System
,	O
dynamic	O
link	O
library	O
(	O
/MD	O
or	O
/MDd	O
compiler	B-Language
option	O
)	O
to	O
avoid	O
possible	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
CRT	O
implements	O
a	O
large	O
subset	O
of	O
POSIX	O
interfaces	O
,	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
compiler	B-Language
will	O
emit	O
a	O
warning	O
on	O
every	O
use	O
of	O
such	O
functions	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rationale	O
is	O
that	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
standards	O
require	O
an	O
underscore	O
prefix	O
before	O
implementation-defined	O
interfaces	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
functions	O
are	O
non-standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
product	O
originated	O
as	O
an	O
IDE	O
for	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
's	O
support	O
for	O
that	O
language	O
conformed	O
only	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
standard	O
,	O
dating	O
from	O
1989	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
C99	B-Language
revision	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
had	O
been	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
support	O
C99	B-Language
even	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
decade	O
after	O
its	O
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2013	O
finally	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
various	O
C99	B-Language
features	O
in	O
its	O
C	B-Language
mode	O
(	O
including	O
designated	O
initializers	O
,	O
compound	O
literals	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
_Bool	O
type	O
)	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
not	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2015	O
further	O
improved	O
the	O
C99	B-Language
support	O
,	O
with	O
full	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
C99	B-Language
Standard	I-Language
Library	I-Language
,	O
except	O
for	O
features	O
that	O
require	O
C99	B-Language
language	O
features	O
not	O
yet	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
changes	O
from	O
the	O
C11	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
are	O
still	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
generic	O
selections	O
via	O
the	O
_Generic	O
keyword	O
are	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
syntax	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
_Generic	O
support	O
has	O
been	O
committed	O
to	O
MSVC	B-Application
as	O
of	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
not	O
clear	O
on	O
when	O
it	O
will	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
C11	O
and	O
C17	O
standards	O
support	O
in	O
MSVC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
default	O
settings	O
MSVC	B-Application
does	O
not	O
do	O
two-phase	O
name	O
lookup	O
which	O
prevents	O
it	O
from	O
flagging	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
invalid	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
